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		akkad33 on Dec 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (... It is kind of like the Royal We https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we

scotty79 on Dec 25, 2023 [–]

I'm not entirely convinced. Royal we seems to be its own separate thing, quite restricted in its use at that.

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